[Federal Register: April 8, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 68)]
[Notices]               
[Page 18574-18575]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

 
Notice of Proposals To Engage in Permissible Nonbanking 
Activities or To Acquire Companies That Are Engaged in Permissible 
Nonbanking Activities

    The companies listed in this notice have given notice under section 
4 of the Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C. 1843) (BHC Act) and 
Regulation Y (12 CFR part 225) to engage de novo, or to acquire or 
control voting securities or assets of a company, including the 
companies listed below, that engages either directly or through a 
subsidiary or other company, in a nonbanking activity that is listed in 
Sec. [thinsp]225.28 of Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.28) or that the Board 
has determined by Order to be closely related to banking and 
permissible for bank holding companies. Unless otherwise noted, these 
activities will be conducted throughout the United States.
    Each notice is available for inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank 
indicated. The notice also will be available for inspection at the 
offices of the Board of Governors. Interested persons may express their 
views in writing on the

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question whether the proposal complies with the standards of section 4 
of the BHC Act. Additional information on all bank holding companies 
may be obtained from the National Information Center Web site at http://www.ffiec.gov/nic/
.

    Unless otherwise noted, comments regarding the applications must be 
received at the Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of the Board of 
Governors not later than April 22, 2004.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Jay Bernstein, Bank 
Supervision Officer) 33 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10045-0001:
    1. National Australia Bank Limited, Melbourne, Australia; to engage 
de novo indirectly through National Americas Investment, Inc., MSRA 
Holdings, Inc., both of Jacksonville, Florida, and National Americas 
Capital Investments LLC, New York, New York, in leasing personal or 
real property in connection with structured finance and special finance 
services to large corporate and institutional clients, pursuant to 
section 225.28(b)(3) of Regulation Y.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, April 2, 2004.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E4-786 Filed 4-7-04; 8:45 am]

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